2023年3月20日 星期一

五分鐘英語練習- 072

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五分鐘英語練習 (072)
"Five minutes English practice" (072)

Listen & Practice - 聆聽和練習

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【Casual English - 隨興英語】

隨興英語 (016) - down to earth – 接地氣、務實腳踏實地謙遜、好相處

celebrity [səˈlebrəti] n. 名人

A celebrity is someone who is famous, especially in areas of entertainment such as films, music, writing, or sport.
名人是指 "出名的人",特別是在電影、音樂、寫作或體育等娛樂領域。

Down to earth. 
This is someone who is practical, relatable. 
You feel that they are really human. 
We often use this for people who are celebrities or famous people who seem larger than life. 

We often use this for people who are celebrities 
or famous people who seem larger than life.
我們經常將此用於名人
或看起來比生命更重要的名人。

So you might say when the movie star came to give a speech at my school, even though she is a celebrity, she seemed really down to Earth. 
This means I felt like she was just like me. 
I could relate to her. 
She is down to Earth. 
This is generally seen as a really positive character quality or personality trait. 
When people can relate to you, even if they think that you are larger than life.

腳踏實地。
這是一個務實、可親的人。
你覺得他們是真正的人。
我們經常用這個詞來形容那些名人或著名的人,那些看起來比生命更重要的人。
因此,你可能會說,當電影明星來我的學校做演講時,儘管她是個名人,但她看起來真的很樸實。
這意味著我覺得她就像我一樣。
我可以和她聯繫起來。
她是謙遜、好相處的。
這通常被看作是一種非常積極的性格品質或人格特徵,當人們能夠與你產生共鳴,即使他們認為你比生命更重要。

trait [treɪt] n. 特徵;特質